I have sold cheese for a living, worked on a farm in Jersey for
about 15 years (on and off), was once "in publishing" (whatever
that means), but I suppose if this was a resume, I'd be forced to
admit I recently earned an MFA in poetry. I now work at CSU and
it's pretty great. Some days I watch "Golden Girls" and/or
"Roseanne" reruns at the gym. This is also pretty great.

For whatever reason, this question makes me think more of what I'm
not good at. Namely: cooking, organization, linear thought
processes, fixing things.

That said, I'm pretty good at skiing (I grew up racing in upstate
NY, so I can do ice), I have a love/hate relationship with running
but I've become pretty decent at running 13.1 contiguous miles, and
I can easily spend hours in a bookstore. I'm not sure if any of
these qualify as skills. I'm ok with that. I'm also exceptionally
skilled at choosing the longest checkout line at the supermarket.
I've become much better recently at biking with a coffee mug in one
hand with minimal spillage.

Here's the thing - I love talking about things I love, but I
honestly don't think it's all that important that those in my life
love all the things I love. That would be boring, right? Anyway.
The lists:

Books: The Dog Stars, The People of Paper, The Children's Hospital,
City of Thieves, Kent Haruf fiction, some poetryish things like
Bluets, That This, Hotel Lobby at the End of the World, Don't Let
Me Be Lonely, Sir, Young Tambling

Music [caveat: this list is pretty old, probably dating back before
my ipod broke about 3 years ago]: Andrew Bird, Magnetic Fields,
Anne Murray (yes), Elvis Perkins & Deerland, Beirut, George
Strait, Gillian Welch, Lykke Li, Lake Street Dive, Phosphorescent.
I have an affinity for solid gold hits of the 70s. And I recently
discovered a classic country station on the am dial (yes, if it's
am radio, it's on the dial), and it's changed my life.

TV [I hope we're past the age of "I don't watch tv because I'm
ideologically against it." There is some great stuff out there. And
sometimes passive entertainment is necessary.]: New Girl,
Community, Parks and Rec, Brooklyn 99, South Park, Silicon Valley,
Pete and Pete